Hi,
I've just bought my kids (7 and 8 years old) Acer Aspire One netbooks with Linpus linux.
I've found this useful link, that helped me "unlock" the Linpus, to let me install other applications (e.g. TuxType2 and TuxPaint). http://the.taoofmac.com/media/Acer/Aspire%20One/AA1notes.html
However, neither squeak, nor eToys, were in the list of available applications in the installaller.
A quick google search hasn't given me any obvious solutions.
Has anyone on the list tried something similar? Linpus is Fedora based, but I'm not sure of the version (probably fairly old, though. The bundled Firefox is a 2.xx version).
Pointers welcome!
Thanx!
- Steinar
On 08.06.2009, at 14:06, Steinar Bang wrote:
Hi,
I've just bought my kids (7 and 8 years old) Acer Aspire One netbooks with Linpus linux.
I've found this useful link, that helped me "unlock" the Linpus, to let me install other applications (e.g. TuxType2 and TuxPaint). http://the.taoofmac.com/media/Acer/Aspire%20One/AA1notes.html
However, neither squeak, nor eToys, were in the list of available applications in the installaller.
A quick google search hasn't given me any obvious solutions.
Has anyone on the list tried something similar? Linpus is Fedora based, but I'm not sure of the version (probably fairly old, though. The bundled Firefox is a 2.xx version).
Pointers welcome!
Try
sudo rpm -Ivh http://squeakland.org/content/installers/EtoysInstaller.rpm
To launch, type "etoys", or add it to the Acer launcher.
- Bert -
Bert Freudenberg bert@freudenbergs.de:
Try
sudo rpm -Ivh http://squeakland.org/content/installers/EtoysInstaller.rpm
Thanx! The command as shown above didn't work, it reported: -Ivh: unknown option
But just letting firefox load the URL took me to the "Software Installer" which asked me for the system password, and installed it.
The etoys icon didn't appear in the desktop menu, or any of its submenus.
To launch, type "etoys", or add it to the Acer launcher.
I've been successful in launching it using "etoys" from the command line, and by double clicking the etoys desktop file, in the file browser.
I've added it to the Acer launcher, and it appears in the expected group on the desktop, but single clicking it has no effect.
Some things to note: - It would have been nice to lose the top bar put there by the window manager, because the window is _just_ too large for what's left of the 8.9" display. I don't need that bar, as long as I can Alt-TAB to the other windows - Clicking on the resize window button in the window manager bar, makes the etoys/squeak window go berserk
So... partial success, at least. :-)
On 19.06.2009, at 19:11, Steinar Bang wrote:
- It would have been nice to lose the top bar put there by the window manager, because the window is _just_ too large for what's left of the 8.9" display. I don't need that bar, as long as I can Alt-TAB
to the other windows
Click the display mode icon
and choose "Full Screen"
- Clicking on the resize window button in the window manager bar,
makes the etoys/squeak window go berserk
Hmm, have heard somethign similar reported before, in the XFCE window manager. Odd thing.
- Bert -
On 19.06.2009, at 21:21, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
On 19.06.2009, at 19:11, Steinar Bang wrote:
- It would have been nice to lose the top bar put there by the window
manager, because the window is _just_ too large for what's left of the 8.9" display. I don't need that bar, as long as I can Alt-TAB to the other windows
Click the display mode icon
and choose "Full Screen"
Ah, and I think adding "-fullscreen" to VMOPTIONS in the /usr/bin/ etoys script should work, too.
- Bert -
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